Weekly Art

Phew, almost didn't get one done in time.



Here's my weekly art. I have no idea what made me think of this. I again resorted to digital art. I'll get back to my roots when I get a scanner. Until then, enjoy.

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For the Love of the Game

Well, I wanted to put this up just for the sake of posting something I guess. It's some artwork I did whilst I was attending college.



I did this for my girlfriend (that's her with the tree on her head) as a sort of going away present when we were graduating, despite the fact that I live with her now. It was during my whole "Ralph Steadman" phase, which is the phase I'm always in when working with ink. This was me just playing around, and I had a lot of fun with it. It's ink, watercolor and colored pencil on canvas. I blew the ink around then drew whatever I saw in the random splatters of ink (I apologize that on this copy it's sort of hard to see some of the finer details, but you get the idea). I did some photoshop work once I got it onto the computer just to give it some texture. I really need to get back to the basics soon. I've had a blank piece of canvas sitting around the house for months now, and it stops me in the hall every so often and asks me why it's so empty inside.

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Weekly Art of the Day

Weekly art number 2.


I've decided last week to make an attempt at creating a new illustration every week. Yet another way to hit that creativity 'g' spot. Enjoy it.

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Spicy Web Designers

I was just interviewed for this spicy site.


Luc Arnold of Spicy Web Designers recently contacted me about an interview, and I obliged. (Check it out!) The site is great and it's chockablock full of interviews by professional and up and coming web designers. It's a really inspiring place, and you get to see a little background of some very interesting people. Can you dig it?

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Arts and Crafts

Sooo I was pretty bored, so I made this masterpiece. I think I'm going to start making pieces like this...lets say once a week and see how that goes.



At work I don't really have as much freedom in my designs as I would like, so I'm constantly looking for ways to keep the creative juices a flowin' outside of work. So, enjoy this lovely picture of a cloud taking a piss, and look forward to the next one in a week.

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Album Identity

Doing album artwork is just one of those guilty pleasures for me. Every so often I get a request for it and it's such a nice break from the norm, get's my tummy churning like butter.



I couldn't love album covers any more. They are like a love child that I decided to raise on my own because my wife is a carny who left me in the midst of the night to run off with the rodeo clown. I decided to give a somewhat time line of the albums I've done thus far. Enjoy.

1. The Exorcism of Darryl Davis


This one was the first. He gave me complete freedom to do what I want. I did a bunch of ideas with the skull and this is the one he chose. It turned out pretty good in my opinion. If I could do it again though, I would've made the copy a tad bigger. Oh well.


2. Aqua Fly and the Space Monkey


I spent a whole day in Starbucks to make this piece of work. I loved it. It's not only one of my favorite album covers I've done but one of my favorite pieces of artwork I've ever done.


3. The Mixtape


This was my first real attempt at blending textures and what not in photoshop. I'll never look back.


4. Black Monday


This is the last one. Again, another attempt at experimenting with textures and blending options in photoshop. And like I said, I won't look back.


So there you have it. I haven't done a lot, but my passion for it is borderline inappropriate.

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Free Calendar Wallpaper - May 2009

Here's a free wallpaper for the month of May, 2009. Look cool, impress your friends, tell that girl you have a crush on in the cubicle next to you what day it is. Go on, go for it.


So, here is the start of a beautiful journey. I'm a huge fan of Franz Jeitz of fudgegraphics. Every month he features a new wallpaper with a calendar on it. So, it's an awesome piece of art, and it has practical use. I asked him about it and told him this was something that I would like to start doing. It's a great way to be motivated to create fresh new work for me, and it's something free for you. He said by all means, go ahead. That he agrees it's a good way to keep the creative juices flowing and that's why he started doing them. Here is the wallpaper he has up for this month, go check it out.



So, this is my first, and it definitely won't be my last. I hope you like it.
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The zip file includes(size=4.8MB):

1920×1200 - can also use for 1280x800
1600×1200
1280×1024
320×479 - iphone



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Sitemap = Sex

**UPDATE - View the site here.

I recently read an article on sitemaps and found it quite arousing. I was then asked to build a new site for Harbortouch, geared for their independent sales offices.



As I was so inspired by the sitemap article I had just read, I decided to take that approach. This was literally the only design I made for it and right away it was a go. I'm actually completely finished with the site but it has to get it's final approval from the higher ups before it can go live. That's besides the point, I've discovered that doing sitemaps in this fashion is pretty much the sexiest thing a man/woman/manwo can do. It's good for a multitude of reasons; SEO, easy navigation, sexy aesthetics, and the list goes on. I just wish I had started doing sites this way sooner. Either way, this was the first one, and I'm completely happy with it. Once it's live I'll throw the link on here. It's weird though how much I overlooked this before. There are so many sweet ass sites I visit almost daily that have a sitemap in this fashion(Zooppa, The Book Cover Archive, DesignM.ag, Apple, Firefox, etc.), going to show that beautiful things attract beautiful, vain people. It's really a great tool for good design and awesome for SEO. It gives a detailed list of links to every page of your site on every page of your site. That way no matter what page of your site gets crawled by a search engine, your whole site will be accessible from that page. Boing. So, this is definitely something you should incorporate in all sites you create if the content allows. It's definitely something that will be present on my next site re-design. You can bet your ass and half a glass of Vladimir Vodka.

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Card Observer (yes)

Mmmm, you taste that? Tastes like a steamy pile of design. Card Observer is a site that showcases great business card designs, the kind that make your thighs sweat.



This site is great. Great to just browse through, and great for inspiration. Designed by one Henry Jones, it's a great site to see great design and have the opportunity to showcase your own. I visit the site almost daily, and I just recently submitted my own design.





So, I'll keep my stomach beard crossed and hope for the best. Keep an eye out and try and submit your own design. It's hot.

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